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Granville has a large quantity of bargain spectacles to sell, but will they really do anything to improve his customers' eyesight? Meanwhile, encouraged by reading a self-help book, Mr Newbold decides to tell Mrs Featherstone how he really feels about their relationship. Elsewhere, Eric tries to persuade Kath to go on a camping holiday, and a large, heavy box has arrived for Leroy.

Granville has a large consignment of tinned beans to shift, and he enlists the help of Mr Machin, a local customer who is convinced he is being regularly abducted by friendly aliens, to increase sales. Granville's plans are nearly thwarted when Mr Machin gets cold feet about telling his tales of space adventure, but where there's a will there's a way.

A new customer, Mrs Rossi, is in a fragile state, having been left by her husband. Is there anything in the shop that can lift her spirits? Meanwhile, Leroy meets Beth for a date but finds three's a crowd when she brings along her best friend Ruby.

Gastric impresses everyone with his invention skills when he adapts his Mini to run on its own. Eric and Cyril also try to impress the ladies with the high-risk sport of rock climbing but run into trouble with Kath when they decide to start their training at home. Granville buys a second-hand sausage machine and produces Arkwright's designer sausages with some interesting results. The Black Widow is still keeping her options open in the pursuit of her next husband but decides that she needs to get tongues wagging by asking Mr Newbold to fly some racy underwear on his washing line. Meanwhile, Leroy attempts to get Beth to dump her childhood sweetheart.

Granville decides that he needs to increase his advertising footprint, but then his grand scheme, in the shape of an oversized balloon, wreaks havoc. Beth is still on at Leroy to find a date for her friend Ruby, and Arkwright's shop continues to offer more unlikely products when Granville uses his best sales pitch to sell some tinned smoked oysters with the promise of the wow factor to his customers.

Granville surprises Kath when she pops in for her regular loaf of bread when he claims to have a special way of matching the right product with the customer. Madge and Mavis are off to a wedding looking very glamorous, and Granville gets concerned that Mavis might stay for the disco and attract new admirers, especially when Gastric recounts the story of how his cousin Maureen met her husband at a wedding. Eric, Cyril and Mr Newbold discuss their emotional relationships, and Eric wonders whether they have been too macho. Is it time to explore their artistic side? Meanwhile, the Black Widow is concerned that Mrs Rossi is having a continental influence on Granville and the shop.

It's a day full of bad surprises for Granville when the till becomes unwell, Leroy buys an ice cream van and the Black Widow finds him overheating in a tight spot. Eric and Cyril decide it's time to show some macho spirit and get back in the saddle - after all this is the home of the Tour de Yorkshire! Meanwhile, in the library, Leroy tells Beth about his sneaky plan to find a blind date for Ruby. Mr Newbold is sent on a mission by Mrs Featherstone to find out more about Mrs Rossi and whether she poses a threat to the local shop, but does he discover more than he bargained for?

It is Christmas, and Granville has a large consignment of mistletoe mince pies to shift, but how can he persuade his regulars to buy them? Eric and Cyril refuse to be taken in by the wily grocer's promises of romantic enhancement in every box - but could the pies actually work? The Black Widow decides she is taking Mr Newbold Christmas shopping, Madge and Mavis discuss whether to invite Gastric for Christmas dinner, and Leroy tries to enlist Ruby's help to stop Beth seeing Gerald. Back in the Community Hall, everyone gets in the festive spirit by arranging a surprise anniversary party for Annie and George Thompson.